Pocket umbrella



May l2, 1942- P. uxnvmixc:4 2,282,695

POCKET UMBRELLA 'Filed oct. 14, 1940 wlmsss ATTORNEYS Patented-Mayu, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT oEElc-E Appueim icalelsaexvoasrns 4 claims.

This invention rentes w pocket umbreuas and its general object is to provide an umbrella o f the telescopicV sectional stan type, thatv can be collapsed or folded to a sizeso that it can be 'conveniently carried within the pocket of the user, yet when in'raised position. willgive ample protection and casual collapsing or folding is practicallyimpossible, regardless of the weather elements, due-to novel means for latching the stai sections in raised position, and the particular rib Lstructure and bracing means therefor. A further object is to provide a pocket ummately on line 8 6 of Figure l, looking in the o brella that can be raised and collapsed almost direction of the arrows.

Figure 'l is a'sectional view taken approximately on line 1 1 of Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of -one of the reinforcing ribs of the rib structure.

the telescopically mounted stall sections in ex tended position. i.

Figure 10 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view illustrating the manner of unlatching or releasing the upper section from the vnext section noted that the stai of my umbrella is made up l of a plurality of telescoping sections, and while any number of sections may be included in my the character setVV forth that includes/a hollowmumbrella the form Shown includes ve. indihandle forming a container for receiving the staff, ribs and cover, and-a cap is provided for the container, the cap being xed to the outer Aor upper staff section and provides hand gripping means to facilitate raising and lowering umbrella". g

A still further object is to provideV a pocket umbrella that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and extremely emcient in operation, use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be 4hereinafter fully. described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the inventionin detail, reference# Vwill be had to the accompanying drawlng-where in like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which; Figure lis a fragmentary view of my umbrella in raised position and illustrates only two units of the ribs, for the sake of clarity.

Figure 2 is a view illustrating the stan and 'ribs partly collapsed or folded.`

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cated meferencenumeralsnhln?.ganci 5 respectively. E

, 'Ihe sections are' shown as lbeing square in cross -section and in any event are square cornered to prevent relative rotation, and are of course hol'- low, as well as connected one to the`other to prevent separation. For .that purpose all of the sections. with the exception of the upper section with the exception of the lower sectionfl have outwardly directed anges l struck therefrom for disposal in the. path of the flanges 6 to enorder to prevent wabbling ofthe sections or to I gage the latter when the stan is raised'. The flanges] are arranged some distance above the lower ends of the sections to provide ample over` lap therefor, asbest shown in Figure 7, vand in hold them rigid when raised, the sections 2 to 5 have outwardly directect lugs 8 at' their lower ends, and which bear against the section walls, as likewise best shown in Figure?.

The ,sections are held latched in extended or raisedposition by opposed spring clips 9 struck from two of the sides o f the sections l to 4, for dis sal in pairs, and the clips are bent at an ang to provide inturned upper end portions having beveled inner ends, with the bevel uppermost, as clearly shown in Figures 9 and -10, and for a. purpose which will be later described. The inturned portions are receivable in openings .0r slots' Ill in the sections 2 to 5, and the remaining portions' of companion clips are disposed in converging relationto each other. By that structure, it will be obvious that when the sections are raised, the inturned portions of the spring clips will be automatically seated within thoalots Il, to latch the sections together, as will be apparent upon inspection of .Figure 9.

Fixed to the lower end of the section I is a r disk shaped plunger il mounted for slidable movement within s cylindrical hollowv member I2 that-not only acts as a handle. but also a container, in that the outer or lowerend thereof is closed .andi the upper end has an inturned iiange I3 formed thereon to provide abutment .means for theplunger. The upper section has a cap Il connected thereto through the medium of a stem I5 that extends into the section I, and the latter is provided with inturned flanges li struck therefrom and engaged with the shoulder provided by the upper end ofa headit' formed on the lower end of the stem i5 for connection of the stem to and within the section 5 for slidable movement, as will be apparent upon inspec-` 9 apart, when the cap and handle are moved toward each other, it being obvious from Figure 9 that the cam faces of the head and sections 2 of 12 unite, es eeen or the oonioiii ii formed with twelve notches, one for eachrib unit.

Each rib unit includes a main upper or cover receiving rib that consists of an upper link 2l, f

an intermediate link 21 and an outer link 2l.

'I'he upper link 26 has'its inner end pivotally'- connected to the collar 23 in the usual manner,

that is by `a strand of wire within the annular groove thereof, and with the link 2t' movably mounted within 'a notch, while the outer end of 'the link 26 is pivoted to and between ears l20 formed on an upper bracing link l! that rter- `mintes atits outer 'end into ears 3| and the er end of the bracing link .30 is pivotally onnected to the collar 22 by a strand of wire mounted in the groovethereof. 'I'he intermediate link 2l has right angle bent end portions and' the upper bent end portion extends outwardly one link n that has the ears'zs disposed slightly inwardly of the outer end thereof, the lower bracing rib consists-of inner and outer links 34 and I5 respectively, the inner link being pivotally connected to the collar 2| in exactly-the same -mannerasthelinksllandandthelinkuis to 5 will engage the beveled inner ends of the inturned portions of the clips 9 and dispose them into the path of the upper walls of the slots It. as shown in Figure 10, and that furtherinward movement of the sections will cause said upper walls to engagethe beveled ends of the inturned portions and move the latter out of the slots to allow complete' folding or collapsing of the sections, thus it will beseen that the sections are automatically latched together, when thesestins are Pulled. spelt to their eri-ended position kkiiidire automatically unlatched when pushed together to collapsed position.

The cap is inthe form-of a fiat disk like knob. to facilitate raising `and lowering-the umbrella, and it will be obvious that the cap and container' are gripped for vthat purpose. The cap includes a reduced lower portionifor disposalwithin the .i container, with the upper portion resting upon the upper edge of the container, as clearly shown 'in Figure 5, and the lower portion has an annular' bentat right angles' adjacent its outer end to provide an outwardly or upwardly directed portion 38 pivotally connected to and between ears 31 formed on the inner end of the outer link 35 which has its outer end pivoted to and between ears 38` formed on the outer link 28 adjacent to the inner end thereof,'ia.s clearly shown in Figure 1. `A connecting link 38 is provided for the intermediate link 21 andthe outer link I5,

` the link l! being connected to the link 2l sub-V stantislly inidwaLits ends Yand tothe link 35 adJacent to its inner end, there being pivot pins and spaced ears for that' purpose, as shown. Each .of the links may be of any desired cross sectional shape, but-they are shown as being channel shape for the major portion of their length, as clearly shown-in Figure 8'.

The inner portion of the cap preferably has a skirt 4l formed on and depending therefrom and the skirt is notched as at 4I forireceiving the inner links 26 to apply Pressure .thereon when collapsing the umbrella to urge the rib structure groove I8 therein for receiving the inturned up' per ends of latch arms I9 that are spring. pressed "and pivotally mounted upon. vdiametrically op posite sides ofthe container, the latter being provided with slots for the passage of the upper ends of the arms therethrougmjand the latch arms not only hold the cap in closed position,

with the sectionsrib structure and cover withinthe container, but the linturned upper ends of the arms are likewise` receivable within an annular groove 2n inthe plunger for homing the stan in raised position and consequentlythe umbrella accordingly, as will be apparent upon inspection of Figure 1.

Secured to the upper ends of the sections l, l and 5 are notched and annular grooved collars 2l, 22 and 2 3 respectively, for associating the rib structure with respect tothe staif,'the rib structure being of course for supporting the fabric top or cover 2l that is suitably secured thereto, and the rib structure consists ofany number of umts 2l, two of which are shown, but it will be understodd that the umbrella shown consists to folded position, as indicated in Figure 2 which illustrates that due to the shape of the links an their connection with each other, that .lien he -umbrella is collapsed, the rib structure is folded so that the links, Il an are directed downwordiy. the linksfzrid as are directed upwardiy .andtoward the links 26,'while the links 28 are directed downwardly and toward the links 3i. The links are substantially of the same length. with theN exception,of the connecting links I., and of course they are of a length, so that when the rib structure is folded, as shown the said structure together with the staff and the cover will readily fit within .the handle container i2,'when the cap is secured in closed position, as shown in Figure 5..

A strap may be provided for disposal about the cover when the rib structure is folded, to hold the parts snugly mether, so as to facilitate the disposal thereof within the container.' It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel-features of the invention Awill be readily' apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be`r mFigure 2a a2ac-,cou made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope ofthe appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. In an umbrella, a staff including a plurality of telescoping sections connected one to the other, certain 'of said sections being slotted; pairs of spring clips struck from certain of the sections and having inturned end portions received in the slots for automatically latching the sections in raised position, a hollow handle providing a container for housing the sections when collapsed, one end section being connected to the container for slidable movement therein, a cap for the con' tainer and being connected to the other end section, means for securing the cap in clos'ed position, converging tongues formed on the inner nds of certain of the sections, and means mounted within the last mentioned end section and having a beveled end cooperating with the converging A tongues and the upper ends of the slots for engagement with the spring clips to move the- I latter out of the slots for unlatching the sections when being moved to collapsed position. 2. In a pocket umbrella, a stad including square cornered telescoping upper, lower and intermedi-V ate sections, inturned flanges formed on the upper ends of the lower and intermediate sections, out-l wardly directed iianges formed on the upper and intermediate sections between their ends and engageable with the inturned ilanges'to limit out.- ward movement or the sections, outwardly directed lugs formed on the lower ends of the upper and intermediate sections and bearing against the walls of adjacent sections for holding the sections aligned when raised, means for automatically including a plurality of telescoplng sections connected one to the other, means for latching the sections in raised position, means li'or unlatching the sections when movedlto a collapsed position, a hollow handle providing a container for housing the sections when collapsed. a disk shaped plunger secured to one end section and tting and slidabiy mounted within the container, said plunger having a groove circumferentially arranged therein, a disk shaped cap for the container and being connected to the other end section, said cap having a groove circumferentially arranged therein, spring pressed latch 4arms pivotally connected to the container'upon diametrically opposite sides thereof and having inturned upper ends receivable in the groove of the plunger for holding the staff extended from the container, and said 'inturned ends being receivable in the groove of the cap for holding the latter in closed position.

4L In an umbrella including a stai andfoldable rib units, each unit including an upper rib consisting; of upper, intermediate and outer links, the

outer Bink being pivotally connected to the inter- L mediate link, an upper bracing rib consisting of a single link having said upper link and said intermediate link connected thereto, a lower bracing rib consisting of an inner and an outer link pivotally connected to each other, the last mentioned outer link having its outer end pivotally connected having'said upper link, said upper bracing rib link and said inner bracing rib link pivotally connected thereto respectively, and 'said links being shaped to bring about downward folding movement of said upper. link, said upper bracing link and said in ner bracing link, upward .folding movement of said intermediate link and said outer bracing. link, and downward folding movement lof said outer link of the upper rib.

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